It’s an inevitable declaration in any conversation about the Academy Awards: “I hated it when they gave an Oscar to….” (insert undeserving film/director/actor). And why not? The Academy of Motion Picture Arts has shown alarmingly poor taste when it comes to celebrating films. This is, after all, the organization that doled out its highest honor […]
Day: February 15, 2017
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7 Reasons Why “Rosemary’s Baby” Is A Masterpiece of Horror Cinema
Roman Polanski’s 1968 film Rosemary’s Baby is a product of a time of not only social upheaval in the United States, but one of massive artistic upheaval as well. Based on the 1967 novel of the same name by Ira Levin, the film came about during a time when American cinema was undergoing a period […]
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All 9 Denis Villeneuve Movies Ranked From Worst To Best
This article may contain spoilers. In his twenty years as a film director, Denis Villeneuve has won dozens of awards and been nominated for dozens more. With the recent release of Blade Runner 2049, and having also recently signed on to direct a new feature film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic novel Dune, Villeneuve is […]
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10 Movies You Should See If You Liked “Saving Private Ryan”
Steven Spielberg’s 1998 epic war drama “Saving Private Ryan” is known as a film that shakes its audience by using editing and storytelling in a realistic way. It sucks you into the battlefield with great performances from a stellar cast, yet it also shows you hope within the savagery of war. Written by Robert Rodat, […]
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The 10 Most Emotionally Harrowing Movies of All Time
If you were to ask someone their definition of an emotionally harrowing film, chances are you’d get some different answers. Many would point out obvious tearjerkers like Broken Circle Breakdown while others would give a shout out to realistic depictions of relationships gone astray like, say, Scenes From a Marriage or Blue Valentine. None of […]